It’s over and the 2006 Galapagos Tortoises have proven themselves to be far superior to any weak animals including pesky pandas and winning the Brian Fellow’s Safari Planet league. This also signals the greatness of the _thesunking_ Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball Dynasty. Champions in 03, 05 and now 06. It wasn’t easy; I took the lead somewhere around week 3 and kept it for like 18 weeks but during the final 4 of them I certainly felt the heat. Then after the collapse during the final month, I thought I was all but done and I was gonna turn out like the 1964 Phillies.

However, I kept hanging in there. Chris Tom was laughing at me 2 weeks ago but who’s laughing now. 3rd place… hah! I even toppled over him during the final month in his other league and pulled off 3rd place there. Back to the important stuff… Tim almost pulled it off… I was scared… we went into the final weekend tied up… but in the end my team pulled it off.

I’ll have to give MVP honors to David Ortiz who finished 7th and kept me rolling during the tough summer months but certainly co-MVP to Matt Holliday who went above and beyond going 2nd over the last month and finished 9th overall keeping me alive in the end. My Cy Young award goes to Roy Oswalt who went 15-8 with a 2.98 ERA, 5-0 over the last month with a 1.85 ERA. I had some over achievers but mostly under achievers and still pulled it off. It’s the only thing that kept me going. Completing my dynasty.

I’d like to thank my mom, my dad, Kristin who sat by me during my pre-draft planning, my draft and throughout the tumultuous year, everyone who stood by me through the ups and downs, not Rob who focused his efforts on stealing as many points from me as possible at the end so that he wouldn’t come in last place, anyone I might be forgetting here and especially the wonderful power of the Galapagos Tortoise who willed me to the championship. I couldn’t have done it without you.

I’m currently watching: How I Met Your Mother